囱
cōngchuāng HSK7

chimney

Simplified form of 囪. Derived from the top component of 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".

Component uses

Sound (2)

Meaning (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰroːŋ
sʰloːŋ

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

囪 cōng chimney Traditional

Derived from the top component of 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰloːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“囱,在牆曰牖,在屋曰囱。象形。窗,或从穴,,古文。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica